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Harbin to Hanoi : the colonial built environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940 /

Colonial powers in China and northern Vietnam employed the built environment for many purposes: as an expression of imperial aspirations, a manifestation of supremacy, a mission to civilize, a re-creation of a home away from home, or simply as a place to live and work. In this volume, scholars of ci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zatsepine, Victor (Editor ), Victoir, Laura A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2012.
Colección:Global connections.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Russia, Railways, and Urban Development in Manchuria, 1896-1930
  • Beans to Banners
  • France, Brossard Mopin, and Manchukuo
  • International Concessions and the Modernization of Tianjin
  • Mapping Colonial Space
  • The Architecture of Risk
  • Fabricating Justice
  • Making Space for Higher Education in Colonial Hong Kong, 1887-1913
  • Colonial Hanoi
  • Hygienic Colonial Residences in Hanoi
  • Domesticating the Suburbs
  • Afterword.